16th Feb 1782 |
Apprenticeship.2,3 Master :- Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall London gentleman, one of the sworn attorneys of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster and also one of the solicitors of His Majestys High Court of Chancery.
Apprentice :- Edward Holden Pott of the Parish of St George Hanover Square, son of Percivall Pott of the Parish of St George Hanover Square, Surgeon
Term :- 5 years
RESEARCH NOTE :- For more information about Okey Belfour, please see his entry in the "Beal, Cooper and Edlin family tree" elsewhere on this website. |
1st Sep 1798 |
Died in Toxteth.7,8,9 From the Bishop's Transcripts :- Major Edward Holden Pott Occupation - Westminster Militia Died : 1 Sept 1798 Buried : 3 Sep 1798
From the Gentleman's Magazine :- "Found dead in his bed at Liverpool, Edward Holden Pott, esq. major in the Westminster Regiment of the Middlesex Militia. Major P. was in his 33d or 34th year. He was the youngest son of the late Percival P. esq. the celebrated surgeon, whose abilities as a professional man stand not in need of any encomium. He was first put to school under the father of the present Dr. Shaw, of the British Museum. He afterwards went to Eton, where he continued several years, and made a considerable progress in his studies. On leaving Eton he was placed by his father under Mr. Belfour, a solicitor, and clerk to the Surgeon's Company. After remaining the usual time with that gentleman, he practised in one of the Inns of Court, where his business increased in such a manner as would probably have placed him at the head of his profession, had not his inclination for arms led him to embrace a military life. He had, perhaps, as numerous an acquaintance among all the respectable characters which adorn society as any person in the kingdom. In his military profession he was assiduous to a degree, and did great justice to the patronage which placed him in the honourable situation of a field-officer. Major P. had a quick and brilliant understanding, and an excellent memory; and, in general knowledge, certainly far surpassed the greater part of mankind. His situation in life was highly respectable; but, as his father lived in an elegant and liberal manner, and had eight children, it was impossible for him to have been in the enjoyment of a very ample fortune. He has left a mother, inconsolable for his decease; two brothers, the eldest formerly in the banking-house of Hon. Richard Walpole; the second the learned, pious, and exemplary Arch-deacon of St. Alban's; and three sisters, all married; the eldest to Samuel Potts, esq. late of the General Post office; the second to Mr. Earle, the surgeon; and the youngest to Samuel Compton Cox, esq. lately, from his abilities, appointed to the situation of a Welsh judge. Robert Pott, esq. the Major's eldest brother, died lately in the East Indies; and his eldest sister who was married to Mr. Frye, is likewise dead since her father's decease. - Major P. will be much regretted by all his acquaintances, by whom he was extremely beloved, for the sweetness of his temper, the luminous brilliancy of his mind, and his perfect goodness of his heart. By his own family he will be long and deeply lamented; and his premature death, from his kind and cheerful disposition, may be considered as a general loss to society."
From the Times .- "On Friday last, at Liverpool. Major Pott, of the Militia, Son of the late Percival Pott, Esq." |